SQL Server Team, Author at Microsoft SQL Server Blog

Updates

Published April 8, 2014

3 min read

SQL Server 2014 brings on-premises and cloud database together to improve data availability and disaster recovery

With the recently disclosed general availability of SQL Server 2014, Microsoft brings to market new hybrid scenarios, enabling customers to take advantage of Microsoft Azure in conjunction with on-premises SQL Server. SQL Server 2014 helps customers to protect their data and make it more highly availably using Azure.

Published March 28, 2014

2 min read

Unlocking insights from Big Data can be simple with the right tools

Data enthusiasts & Microsoft talk about Big Data in the enterprise at Gigaom Structure Data 2014 Last week in New York, our data solutions experts spent a few days with more than 900 big data practitioners, technologists and executives at Structure Data for a conversation how big data can drive business success.

Published March 27, 2014

1 min read

Join us on April 15 and Accelerate Your Insights

Mark your calendar now to join us online on April 15 for the Accelerate your insights event, streaming live from San Francisco, California at 10:00 AM PDT. Wondering what your data can do for you? Join us to online find out how to drive your business in real-time, from apps to insights.

Events

Published March 24, 2014

2 min read

Visit Microsoft at the Gartner Business Intelligence and Analytics Summit 2014 in Las Vegas

Microsoft will be at the Gartner Business Intelligence and Analytics summit being held in Las Vegas from March 30th – April 2nd as a premier sponsor.

Updates

Published March 24, 2014

2 min read

Amway sees 100 percent availability with hybrid data-recovery solution

With the release to manufacturing announcement of SQL Server 2014 you will start to see more customer stories showcasing their use of hybrid features that span the cloud and on-premises. One such customer is global direct seller, Amway.

Published March 20, 2014

3 min read

“Modernizing” Your Data Warehouse with Microsoft

Data warehousing technology began as a framework to better manage, understand, and capitalize on data generated by the business, and it worked extremely well for many years. This is a space that Microsoft knows well with warehousing capabilities since 1995 with SQL Server. However, there are several forces working to stretch the traditional data warehouse. Data volume is expanding tenfold every five years.

Updates

Published March 17, 2014

16 min read

The New and Improved Cardinality Estimator in SQL Server 2014

One area where a lot of development work went into SQL Server 2014 is the area of query optimization where a crucial component got re-written in order to improve query access and predictability. To get a better idea about the significance of the change and the way how one should deal with it, let’s first check what the component of cardinality estimation is responsible for.

Updates

Published March 13, 2014

2 min read

Microsoft Brings Innovations From SQL Server To Hadoop With Stinger

Over the last two years, Microsoft has been sharing our progress in Big Data by working to bring Hadoop to the masses through the simplicity and manageability of Windows and Azure. In 2012, Microsoft communicated our expanded partnership with Hortonworks by making Hortonworks Data Platform the core of our Hadoop solution on-premise and in the cloud.

Published March 11, 2014

2 min read

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Transform Healthcare Using Big Data Solution to Provide Faster Access to Information

Since the launch of the Windows Azure HDInsight Service we’ve seen many companies using Big Data solutions based on HDInsight to gain benefits from analyzing unstructured data within their organization – a good summary of some of these organizations was recently showcased by CIO Magazine.

Thought Leadership

Published March 6, 2014

1 min read

AMD Improves Operational Agility with SQL Server 2014 Business Intelligence Solution

AMD, a leading designer and integrator of technology that powers millions of intelligent devices, needed better tools for monitoring manufacturing processes and other business operations. More than a terabyte of test information was loaded weekly into a data warehouse, which was used by business analysts to run thousands of custom queries.

Thought Leadership

Published March 5, 2014

2 min read

Top 3 Features I’m Excited About in SQL Server 2014

Guest blog post by: SQL Server MVP Adam Jorgensen – PASS Executive Vice President, Finance & Governance, and President of Pragmatic Works – has been leading innovative SQL Server and Business Intelligence organizations for over a decade. His passion is finding new and creative avenues for clients and the community to embrace innovation and lower barriers to implementation. You can read his blog at AjBigData.

Published February 26, 2014

5 min read

Data Visualizations

A couple of weeks back was a really exciting time for us. Less than a year after we released Office 365 for Businesses, we announced the general availability of Power BI for Office 365. You may have read previous blog articles by Quentin Clark on “Making Big Data Work for Everyone” and Kamal Hathi on “Simplifying Business Intelligence through Power BI for Office 365”.

SQL Server Team articles

SQL Server 2014 brings on-premises and cloud database together to improve data availability and disaster recovery

Unlocking insights from Big Data can be simple with the right tools

Join us on April 15 and Accelerate Your Insights

Visit Microsoft at the Gartner Business Intelligence and Analytics Summit 2014 in Las Vegas

Amway sees 100 percent availability with hybrid data-recovery solution

“Modernizing” Your Data Warehouse with Microsoft

The New and Improved Cardinality Estimator in SQL Server 2014

Microsoft Brings Innovations From SQL Server To Hadoop With Stinger

Leeds Teaching Hospitals Transform Healthcare Using Big Data Solution to Provide Faster Access to Information

AMD Improves Operational Agility with SQL Server 2014 Business Intelligence Solution

Top 3 Features I’m Excited About in SQL Server 2014

Data Visualizations

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